Definition of Fore

1. Noun. Front part of a vessel or aircraft. "He pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

Exact synonyms: Bow, Prow, Stem
Generic synonyms: Front
Group relationships: Vessel, Watercraft

2. Adjective. Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
Category relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Also: Front, Forward
Similar to: Foremost
Antonyms: Aft

3. Adverb. Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane. "The captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Exact synonyms: Forward
Antonyms: Aft

Definition of Fore

1. n. Journey; way; method of proceeding.

2. adv. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.

3. a. Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.

4. n. The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

5. prep. Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.

Definition of Fore

1. the front part of something [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fore

1. 1. Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. "The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state." (Southey) 2. Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. 3. Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc); a martingale. 4. Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair. (06 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fore

fording
fordless
fordo
fordoes
fordoing
fordone
fordry
fords
Fordyce's angiokeratoma
Fordyce's disease
Fordyce's granules
Fordyce's spots
Ford Hermann Hueffer
Ford Madox Ford
fore (current term)
fore (current term)
fore(a)
fore-and-aft
fore-and-after
fore-and-aft rig
fore-and-aft sail
fore-and-aft topsail
fore-topmast
fore-topsail
forearm
forearm
forearmed
forearming
forearms
forearm fractures

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